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''Xanthippus'' is a genus of 
band-winged grasshopper
Bandwings, or band-winged grasshoppers, are the subfamily Oedipodinae of grasshoppers classified under the family Acrididae. They have a worldwide distribution and were originally elevated to full family status as the Oedipodidae. Many species p ...
s in the family Acrididae
The AcrididaeMacLeay WS (1821) ''Horae Entomologicae or Essays on the Annulose Animals'' 2 are the predominant family of grasshoppers, comprising some 10,000 of the 11,000 species of the entire suborder Caelifera. The Acrididae are best known bec ...
. There are about six described species in ''Xanthippus''.
Species
These six species belong to the genus ''Xanthippus'': * '' Xanthippus aquilonius'' Otte, 1984 i c g b * '' Xanthippus brooksi'' Vickery, 1967 i c g b * '' Xanthippus corallipes'' (Haldeman, 1852) i c g b — Red-shanked grasshopper * '' Xanthippus montanus'' (Thomas, 1871) i c g b — Sandhills band-wing grasshopper * '' Xanthippus olancha'' (Caudell, 1921) i c g * '' Xanthippus sierra'' (Saussure, 1884) b — Sierra grasshopper Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.netReferences
Further reading
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* Oedipodinae Acrididae genera {{oedipodinae-stub